Plan for change Archives - Modern Workspace Pro

(Updated) New features coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint [MC1187671]

Message ID: MC1187671 (Updated) Updated January 20, 2026: The change to Copilot Chat in Outlook to expand reasoning to include a user's entire inbox, calendar, meetings, and other enterprise data is starting to roll out across web, new Outlook for…

Modern Workspace Pro 21 January 2026Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Agent Mode in Microsoft Copilot for PowerPoint for the web [MC1219792]

Message ID: MC1219792 [Introduction] Agent Mode in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces a conversational way for users to edit presentations while maintaining existing formatting, structure, and branding. This enhancement enables users to guide Copilot to update slides, refine layouts,…

Modern Workspace Pro 21 January 2026New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Entra

Custom greetings in voice call authentication will retire on Feb 28, 2026 [MC1219798]

Message ID: MC1219798 As communicated in MC1125485 and Configure Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn, we will retire the Custom greetings feature in Voice call authentication on February 28, 2026. This feature allowed organizations to…

Modern Workspace Pro 21 January 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

SharePoint Online

Microsoft SharePoint: Retirement of IDCRL authentication protocol and enforcement of OpenID Connect and OAuth protocols [MC1184649]

Message ID: MC1184649 (Updated) Updated January 20, 2026: We are updating this post as a reminder. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction:] As part of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and in alignment with the “Secure by Default” principle, we’re…

Modern Workspace Pro 20 January 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced peripheral data in Pro Management portal reports for BYOD spaces [MC1090689]

Message ID: MC1090689 (Updated) Updated January 16, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. We’re adding new peripheral health reporting capabilities to the Pro Management portal, enabling admins to proactively monitor device issues in bring your own…

Modern Workspace Pro 16 January 2026Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, Updated messageNo Comments

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Content Sources in Copilot Chat [MC1127230]

Message ID: MC1127230 (Updated) Updated January 15, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. What and WhyWe’re introducing a new capability that allows users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to scope and control Copilot Chat…

Modern Workspace Pro 16 January 2026New feature, Plan for change, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

AI Logo Generator on GCP Release Notes: January 17, 202619 January 2026
The global rollout of SecOps SIEM and SOAR 6.3.71 is a significant move for Google Cloud. For teams spread across…
AI Music Generator on Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Enhanced Dialpad for DTMF Tones [MC1218893]18 January 2026
It's interesting that the update removes extra dialers—this seems like a crucial change for improving real-time communication. Any mention of…
Flux API on Power Automate – View property value expanded inline in the new cloud flow designer [MC1218891]18 January 2026
I’m looking forward to this feature becoming generally available! This will definitely enhance workflow efficiency for those of us building…
flux 2 on GCP Release Notes: January 16, 202618 January 2026
The managed workload identity for backend mTLS is a solid improvement for simplifying certificate management, especially for larger organizations. Automating…
Flux API on Security Center – Cloudflare Threat Events now support STIX2 format13 January 2026
The move to STIX2 support is a big step toward making threat data more actionable across different security ecosystems. It’s…